Pirna Couple Sentenced For Fraud

A couple from Pirna, Germany used foreign customer data for fraud, the man was sentenced to three years and two months in prison while the woman to 100 hours of community service.

Axel E., the man of the couple was arrested in July and is currently in detention for fraud. According to the prosecutor’s office, the 40-year-old Hamburg man with the help of his partner, ordered expensive products including car spare parts, mobile phones, notebooks and tablets from the internet using false names and foreign accounts. Allegedly, they committed fraud in 20 cases. All the goods were shipped to their real address in Pirna under fake names.

On the first day of the trial at the District Court in Dippoldiswalde, the 40-year-old German had already admitted everything. Since of his confession, the court only gave him a prison sentence of three years and two months at a maximum of three years and nine months. The man told court that he committed fraud when his company went bankrupt. In addition to that, he was going through a hard part of his life since he and his partner were separated for some time. Court information says that the man found shelter